New Hampshire Republican Primary

12 delegates

The Race in New Hampshire

Mitt Romney swept to victory in the New Hampshire primary, turning back a ferocious assault from rivals who sought to disqualify him in the eyes of conservatives. Mr. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, won by a double-digit margin, a validation of his strategy to use his neighboring state to cement his standing as the front-runner. The candidates who had hoped to use the primary to emerge as his leading rival fared poorly, leaving a fractured Republican opposition. Read More »

2012 Primary Process

Delegate Allocation:
The 12 at-large delegates at stake represent nearly half of the original total, due to penalties imposed by the Republican National Committee for scheduling the primary in January. Delegates are allocated proportionally based on statewide results, with the state's three Republican National Committee members remaining as unpledged to any candidate.

Eligibility:
New Hampshire residents who are registered Republicans or non-Republicans who register as Republicans on or before the day of the primary may vote in the Republican primary. (An earlier version of this page referred imprecisely to the procedure for non-Republicans to vote in the primary.)

2008 Results

Candidate

Vote

Percent

John McCain

88,571

37.1%

Mitt Romney

75,546

31.6%

Mike Huckabee

26,859

11.2%

Rudy Giuliani

20,439

8.6%

Ron Paul

18,308

7.7%

Total Write-ins

4,342

1.8%

Fred Thompson

2,894

1.2%

Others

2,020

0.8%

Results

Updated Jan. 11
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All Counties

Candidate

Votes

PercentPct.

Votes

Pct.

Delegates*

Mitt Romney
Romney

97,532

39.3%

8

Ron Paul
Paul

56,848

22.9

3

Jon Huntsman
Huntsman

41,945

16.9

1

Newt Gingrich
Gingrich

23,411

9.4

—

Rick Santorum
Santorum

23,362

9.4

—

Rick Perry
Perry

1,766

0.7

—

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Others
Others

3,621

1.5

—

Buddy Roemer
Roemer

945

0.4

—

Total Write-ins
Total Write-ins

744

0.3

—

Michele Bachmann
Bachmann

349

0.1

—

Fred Karger
Karger

346

0.1

—

Kevin Rubash
Rubash

250

0.1

—

Gary Johnson
Johnson

181

0.1

—

Herman Cain
Cain

160

0.1

—

Jeff Lawman
Lawman

125

0.1

—

Christopher Hill
Hill

105

0.0

—

Benjamin Linn
Linn

85

0.0

—

Michael Meehan
Meehan

51

0.0

—

Keith Drummond
Drummond

41

0.0

—

Joe Story
Story

41

0.0

—

Bear Betzler
Betzler

29

0.0

—

Joe Robinson
Robinson

26

0.0

—

Stewart Greenleaf
Greenleaf

24

0.0

—

Mark Callahan
Callahan

20

0.0

—

Andy Martin
Martin

19

0.0

—

Linden Swift
Swift

18

0.0

—

Timothy Brewer
Brewer

15

0.0

—

Vern Wuensche
Wuensche

15

0.0

—

John Davis
Davis

14

0.0

—

Randy Crow
Crow

12

0.0

—

Hugh Cort
Cort

3

0.0

—

James Vestermark
Vestermark

3

0.0

—

* Delegate totals from the Associated Press. The Republican Party penalized New Hampshire for holding its primary before February 2012 by taking away half of its delegates.